Covid-19 has adversely impacted way of working: Survey

As companies are implementing measures to curtail the spread of coronavirus infections in the country, a survey has revealed that majority of professionals believe the outbreak has adversely impacted their way of working.

Around 63 per cent of respondents affirmed that the novel
coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic has influenced their way of working and about
33 per cent said they have shelved their business travel plans due to this, a
TimesJobs survey titled Coronavirus and its impact on jobs, has revealed.
The survey was done among 1,256 working professionals from different industry
verticals across the country.

Further, the survey revealed that 27 per cent of
respondents claimed that the IT sector will be worst hit by the spread of the
virus followed by the import and export sector (stated 23 per cent of
respondents). While, 13 per cent of
respondents said the healthcare sector and the aviation sector will be most
impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak, it added.

The survey respondents also said this outbreak will
impact professionals working specifically in the marketing and sales, operation
and production domains. A majority (67 per cent) of the surveyed professionals
stated that jobs at the multinational companies (MNCs) will be most vulnerable
during the time.

Almost 45 per
cent of professionals claimed that the spread of Covid-19 will have a negative
impact on the hiring activities across different industry verticals, it added.
Meanwhile, around 64 per cent of the professionals said their companies are
taking active measures to fight the pandemic, including putting up relevant
advisories, installation of sanitisers and cleansers at touch points,
increasing cleanliness measures in offices, among others.

Surprisingly, the
survey revealed that work-from-home has ranked last in the measures being
implemented by the

Indian organisations.

“The spread of the novel coronavirus has hit the
businesses across the globe. In such difficult times, companies should focus on
employee welfare. Organisations should be vigilant and take practical measures
to ensure the safety of employees at workplaces,” said Sanjay Goyal, business
head, TimesJobs and TechGig Business.
PTI